Movie Thread

[Hoosier]

I watched Syriana last night for probably the 20th time. It has a little bit of a liberal push to it but what Hollywood movie doesn't...especially with Damon and Clooney. Anyway, if you like middle eastern foreign policy and are up for a good thinking movie (you really have to pay attention) you will like this. It's about oil, kings, radical Islam, DOD, State and CIA stuff. Very well done.

I am pretty sure i've mentioned this here before, but if you enjoyed Syriana you'll enjoy The Kingdom. Much better than I was expecting.

We Three Kings is another Clooney movie in the middle east, set after the first gulf war... been a long time since I've seen it.

I really enjoyed Syriana, but it is a bit hard to follow the first time through

H.

[ThunderSquirrel]

I really enjoyed The Kingdom, was not what i was expecting.
Three Kings was so-so to me.

Another Middle East / War Type movie that I just could not get into was The Hurt Locker, really disliked that movie.

[ghettodub]

Haven't seen The Kingdom or Syriana yet. Three kings was ok, but I did enjoy The Hurt Locker. I don't think it was the best picture of the year though. Crazy Heart should have taken that IMO

[OgenRwot]

I am pretty sure i've mentioned this here before, but if you enjoyed Syriana you'll enjoy The Kingdom. Much better than I was expecting.

We Three Kings is another Clooney movie in the middle east, set after the first gulf war... been a long time since I've seen it.

I really enjoyed Syriana, but it is a bit hard to follow the first time through

H.

Yeah I have the Kingdom as well and I really like it too. Three Kings is pretty good for being made a little while ago. I liked it, good mix of comedy and action.

[Ah Pook]

Best movie of the year or just another Hollywood rip-off of a popular book title?

Atlas Shrugged

[theGinsue]

Who is John Galt? Having him portrayed by Paul Johansson seems an absolute travesty to me.

I've been keeping tabs on the movie for the past year and the word is that they've supposedly kept it as close to the book as they can (as much as you can in a 2 - 3 hr movie for a 1200 pages book).

I wasn't at all pleased with their choices of cast members. I mean Grant Bowler as Henry Reardon? Isn't Hank supposed to be a bit older than this guy? It's like they didn't do their research and find out what the characters should look, act, or sound like.

I'm concerned with liberal Hollywood making a movie off of a story that really goes against so many of the values of the actors and movie industry as a whole.

I suspect the message(s) the book tries to convey will be super washed down and the movie will relay none of what it should to the viewing public, leaving them having no real idea what Atlas Shrugged is really about.

So, to answer your question: I think it will be just another Hollywood rip-off of a popular book title?

[Elhuero]

this afternoon I watched We Are Marshall.

[steveopia]

this afternoon I watched We Are Marshall.

Was that good? I was just talking to my GF about that.

Speaking of football oriented movies . . . I just watched The Blind Side the other day. I thought it was really good. I didn't realize it was based after a true story until the end. I've had no desire to watch it but wasn't sad after I did.

[ghettodub]

Was that good? I was just talking to my GF about that.

Speaking of football oriented movies . . . I just watched The Blind Side the other day. I thought it was really good. I didn't realize it was based after a true story until the end. I've had no desire to watch it but wasn't sad after I did.

Blind Side was pretty dang good, made all the cooler because it's based on a true story

[Elhuero]

Was that good? I was just talking to my GF about that.

It's a tear jerker, hollywoodized from what really happened, but not bad IMO.